Vince McMahon Allegedly Irate Over Sami Zayn Promo

It has been reported that Vince McMahon was furious over Sami Zayn’s name-drop of AEW on Raw. During Monday’s episode of Raw, Zayn made a remark that the audience could have asked him about anything, even AEW.

Amidst the reports of McMahon’s negative reaction, WWE has edited the reference out of the segment on YouTube.

Conflicting reports have since emerged about the situation. Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer of the Wrestling Observer discussed the situation on Wrestling Observer Radio on Monday night. Alvarez stated that his sources told him that the line was not scripted, while Meltzer’s had told him that the line was okayed beforehand.

On Tuesday’s edition of Wrestling Observer Live, Alvarez elaborated on the situation:

“These are two facts about the situation, alright? There are absolutely people who insist that Sami was given the OK to mention AEW, alright? I’ve even heard from one person who said that in the script that went around in the morning yesterday, it was in the script that he was going to mention AEW. One person said that. I had another person say, and Dave had people tell him that it was a scripted line. Now, with that said, I heard from multiple people, far more people in fact, and people that heard from other people, that all said, the line was not scripted, the line was not supposed to be said.

I was also told from multiple people that when it happened, Vince flipped his lid. He was furious that this happened, OK? So, that’s literally… those are the two things that I can tell you. So, however you want to figure out what the hell is going on here, there’s various ways that you could explain this. The one that people seem to think is the most likely, is that a small number of people were told that he was given the OK, and that they’re working the boys and flipping out about it. I don’t know what the answer is, all I know is that some people were told that he was given the OK, but most people said that he wasn’t, and that Vince flipped out. I wasn’t there, I don’t know how the flip out occurred, I wasn’t there to witness it, but I do know that the people there who absolutely 100% believed that he was very angry, that this was not him putting on a show for people, that this was not him trying to work the boys, that he was angry when this got on the air. I don’t know how to explain everything, I just know that’s what happened last night.”

The most likely theory appears to be that the WWE brass are trying to put on a show to brew up controversy. With these conflicting reports it would appear that Vince McMahon knew about the line but was keen on making his talent believe that the incident was unacceptable.

We will bring you updates on the situation as soon as they become available.

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